CMS certification 150195
Uchicago Medicine Northwest Indiana
10855 Virginia Street, Crown Point, IN 46307
CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Uchicago Medicine Northwest Indiana. 96% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 6 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.
What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 26 completed surveys, 18% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
Emergency department
How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | IN | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 270 visits sampled | 2 h 6 min | 2 h 25 min | 2 h 42 min |
How Uchicago Medicine Northwest Indiana compares with nearby hospitals
The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.
| Hospital | CMS stars | Would recommend | ER median time | Vs the nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uchicago Medicine Northwest IndianaThis hospital | Not rated | 96% | 2 h 6 min | — |
| Franciscan Health Crown PointSame city | 3/5 | 71% | 3 h 6 min | 4 better 1 worse |
| Pinnacle HospitalSame city | Not rated | 76% | — | No different |
| Franciscan Health DyerSame county · Dyer | 2/5 | 59% | 2 h 40 min | 1 better 3 worse |
| St Catherine Hospital INCSame county · East Chicago | 4/5 | 72% | 2 h 7 min | 2 better |
| Community HospitalSame county · Munster | 3/5 | 73% | 2 h 20 min | 3 better 2 worse |
Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict. All hospitals in Crown Point.
Deaths
How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| All patients, hospital-wide 42 cases | Too few cases | 3.7% | 3.9% |
6 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Not reported for this hospital
CMS had too few cases here to publish results for complications, infections caught in the hospital, readmissions and return visits. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.
Clinicians registered at this address
12 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.
| Specialty | Clinicians |
|---|---|
| Audiologist | 2 |
| Dietitian, Registered | 2 |
| Physician Assistant | 2 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | 1 |
| Emergency Medicine | 1 |
| Family Medicine | 1 |
| Gastroenterology | 1 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 1 |
| Radiation Oncology | 1 |
First 12 alphabetically
How to read this page
- Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
- “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
- Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
- Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
- These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.
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Common questions about Uchicago Medicine Northwest Indiana
Would patients recommend Uchicago Medicine Northwest Indiana?
96% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 26 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Uchicago Medicine Northwest Indiana emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 6 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.